Right then. One Dark Judge cover and we're off, into chin vs chin as Dredd goes properly timey-wimey. That all worked well for me, although I thought it was a fairly relaxed ending. But: OHO! Shock twist etc.
Spector again feels good to have Ezquerra in the Meg. The strip itself feels a bit, I dunno. Dated is too harsh a word. Classic-era, maybe? I'm enjoying it enough – it's fun. Probably no classic.
After a brief interlude where Brendan McCarthy apparently illustrates Judge Dredd having a poo, we get Death Metal Planet. Bit of a twist to this one, which livened things up a bit. Alas, I doubt the fiends will be eradicated, and so we're now awaiting the escape route to make itself known.
Next, Lawson returns with a fairly grim opening episode. It's somehow very action-packed but a bit slow burn. Great art, although Lawson appears to have a very long body on the last page.
Reprint then kicks in, and makes me wish Matt Smith had done more Anderson. This episode is really great – excellent pacing; wonderful characterisation; a fun quip ("Help the elderly, that's what I say."); and some fire from Anderson in her take-no-shit attitude with a perp.
Having not been paying attention, I had no idea Johnny Red would be the replacement reprint. I've not read this Titan run, and so I'm happy to see it, and it's started well. The eight-page 'ad' for Dort was... less interesting.
Dreadnoughts brings the mag to a close, and ends on a properly horrible cliffhanger, which I really hope gets resolved in a manner that doesn't include the judge shooting back...
In all, one of the best issues of the Meg in a long while for me. Johnny Red for the risible MC2 is a big step up, and Lawless for Waugh keeps the original content high.
Dreadnoughts > Anderson > Dredd > Johnny Red > Lawless > Spector > Dark Judges > Dort
Spector again feels good to have Ezquerra in the Meg. The strip itself feels a bit, I dunno. Dated is too harsh a word. Classic-era, maybe? I'm enjoying it enough – it's fun. Probably no classic.
After a brief interlude where Brendan McCarthy apparently illustrates Judge Dredd having a poo, we get Death Metal Planet. Bit of a twist to this one, which livened things up a bit. Alas, I doubt the fiends will be eradicated, and so we're now awaiting the escape route to make itself known.
Next, Lawson returns with a fairly grim opening episode. It's somehow very action-packed but a bit slow burn. Great art, although Lawson appears to have a very long body on the last page.
Reprint then kicks in, and makes me wish Matt Smith had done more Anderson. This episode is really great – excellent pacing; wonderful characterisation; a fun quip ("Help the elderly, that's what I say."); and some fire from Anderson in her take-no-shit attitude with a perp.
Having not been paying attention, I had no idea Johnny Red would be the replacement reprint. I've not read this Titan run, and so I'm happy to see it, and it's started well. The eight-page 'ad' for Dort was... less interesting.
Dreadnoughts brings the mag to a close, and ends on a properly horrible cliffhanger, which I really hope gets resolved in a manner that doesn't include the judge shooting back...
In all, one of the best issues of the Meg in a long while for me. Johnny Red for the risible MC2 is a big step up, and Lawless for Waugh keeps the original content high.
Dreadnoughts > Anderson > Dredd > Johnny Red > Lawless > Spector > Dark Judges > Dort